James Balowski – Tens of thousands of workers, students and civil society groups took to the streets across Indonesia on May 1 to commemorate International Labour Day.
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May 17, 2025
May 12, 2025
Miswanto – International Workers' Day (May Day) was born from the embers of resistance.
May 10, 2025
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – A female participant in the May Day rally was reportedly harassed by police officers attempting to apprehend her during the commemoration of Internation
May 7, 2025
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Four participants of the International Labor Day protest in Bandung have been named suspects and arrested by the West Java Regional Police.
May 3, 2025
Jakarta – For many, there was not much to celebrate on May Day this year.
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Jaya Police's Head of Public Relations, Commissioner Grand Ade Ary Syam Indradi, claimed that infiltrators were responsible for provoking
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has denied claims that anarchist groups infiltrated the International Labor Day rally held in front of the House
May 2, 2025
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) reported that the Jakarta Metro Police have yet to release the demonstrators arrested during the Internati
Thomas Rizal & Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Approximately 200,000 workers marched to Jakarta's National Monument to make sure that their voices on labor concerns are heard by the g
Responding to a series of incidents of excessive use of force and police violence against students, journalists and medical personnel during demonstrations commemorating International L
Jakarta – International Labour Day or May Day was commemorated in Jakarta on Thursday May 1.
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The rally commemorating May Day in front of the Central Java Governor's Office ended in chaos.
Jakarta – A rally commemorating International Labour Day or May Day in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang on May 1 was marred by chaos.
Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) of Semarang has strongly condemned the police's violent actions against Tempo journalist Jamal Abdun Nasr wh
Antara, Jakarta – The International May Day rally in front of the Central Java Governor's Office in Semarang on Thursday, May 1, 2025, ended in chaos.
Shinta W. Kamdani and Elly Rosita, Jakarta – This May Day, we are not just commemorating labor, we are confronting a sobering economic reality.
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Police personnel are suspected of assaulting a Tempo journalist who was covering the May Day rally in Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday, May 1, 20
Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said in a speech delivered in front of thousands of workers celebrating Labor Day on Tuesday that his government is ready to take over state assets
May 1, 2025
Beritasatu Team, Nisrina Zahrani, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto voiced his support for slain labor activist Marsinah to be named a national hero, responding to a proposal from In
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has expressed his commitment to promptly form the Employment Termination Task Force in response to laborers' concerns about
Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Civil groups from all walks of life commemorate May Day by staging a rally in front of the House of Representatives building in Senayan, Jakarta, on Ma
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – President Prabowo and several high-ranking state officials attend the International Labor Day commemoration at the National Monument (Monas) square on Thursday, M
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Thousands of workers crowded the area around the Parliament Complex, Central Jakarta, during the commemoration of May Day 2025.
Kartika Sari, Medan – Hundreds of workers in Medan held a peaceful action commemorating International Labour Day or May Day at the North Sumatra (Sumut) governor's office.
Miftahul Huda, Yogya – Thousands of workers from various labour alliances, as well as students in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta, took to the streets to commemorate May Day or Inte
Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – A total of 13,252 joint personnel from the military (TNI) and Indonesian National Police (Polri) have been deployed to safeguard the International Labor Da
Dani Aswara, Jakarta - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto responded to the demand to erase the outsourcing system with a serious yet relaxed tone during his speech at the Internation
Antara, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various labor unions began to fill the area around the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta on Thursday, May 1, 2025, to commemorate
Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto welcomed the International Workers' Day, or May Day, on Thursday with a political address, pledging to fight poverty, expand access
Jakarta – A mass action by an alliance of workers that make up the Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) issued a number of demands during a May Day 2025 action in front of the House
Hanaa Septiana, Kukuh S. Wibowo, Surabaya – The commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day in Surabaya, East Java, on Thursday May 1 was marked by two separate actions.
Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto expressed his support for forming the Asset Forfeiture Bill as a legal measure to crack down on corruption and save the stat
Muslimin Emba, Makassar – On Thursday May 1, labour groups began to throng into the fly over area at the intersection of Jalan AP Pettarani and Arip Sumoharjo in Panakkukang sub-distric
Commemorating May Day or International Labour Day in West Java, dozens of workers ranging from factory workers to media workers along with other elements of society throughout Greater B
Nurhalim, Banda Aceh – The commemoration of International Labour Day (May Day) 2025 has again reverberated in the Acehnese provincial capital of Banda Aceh, where hundreds of workers an
April 30, 2025
Fika Nurul Ulya, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Ahead of National Labour Day which falls tomorrow, House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad together with officials from
Joniansyah, Jakarta – Ten labor unions within the Aliansi Serikat Pekerja Bandara Soekarno-Hatta (Soekarno-Hatta Airport Workers Union Alliance) have confirmed that they will mobilize t
"May Day or Labour Day for us, the organisations that are members of GEBRAK, is a day of momentum for the workers' struggle, we must always promote it.
Bella Evangelista, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is set to attend the International Workers' Day (May Day) commemoration at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta on Th
Badung – Dozens of workers from various industrial sectors in Bali who are members of the Bali People's Struggle Alliance held a peaceful demonstration titled "Fight Union Busting, Dema
April 29, 2025
Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta -The President of the Association of All-Indonesian Workers' Union (Aspirasi), Mirah Sumirat, has urged companies to stop unfair and exploitative internship
April 28, 2025
Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – As many as 95 percent of Indonesian workers are claimed to support President Prabowo Subianto's policies on International Labour Day or May Day on May 1.
April 24, 2025
Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto will attend the International Labor Day event at the National Monument (Monas) Square here on Thursday (May 1), where he will address six key issues
Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – Around 200 thousand workers are expected to attend the May Day commemoration at the field of the National Monument (Monas) on May 1, 2025, according to th
May 23, 2024
On 1 May, eight civil society organisations forming the Papuan People's Front (FRP) indeed held a peaceful demonstration in Manokwari.
May 19, 2024
James Balowski – Tens of Thousands of workers, students and civil society groups took to the streets across Indonesia on May 1 to commemorate International Labour Day.
May 1, 2024
Dimas Kuswantoro, Jakarta – The People's Anti-Oppression Front or Bara Api, which is an alliances of various civil society groups in Surabaya, East Java, held a demonstration in front o
Icha Rastika, Jakarta – National police chief (Kapolri) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has appointed Confederation of the All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI) President Andi Gani Nena Wea
Adi Warsono, Bekasi – Some 15,000 workers from Bekasi planned to stage a May Day rally to commemorate International Labor Day on May 1 in front of the Jakarta Palace and the Constitutio